In 1955, the Chairman of the Committee of State Security under the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Colonel K. Lyaudis, drafted a Top Secret memo to address a number of recent incidents involving practice bombs dropped by Soviet Air Force pilots at an Air Force range in the Eišiškės region. AsContinue reading “Lithuanian KGB Hopes to Put a Stop to Wayward Airborne Weapons from Striking Local Farms, 1955”
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Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 13
29 September 1962 / Report from Ivanov to Malinovskiy on the conduct of Operation Anadyr Top Secret Especially Urgent only copy to Marshal of the Soviet Union Comrade R.Ya. Malinovskiy I hereby report: As of 29 September the following primary units and formations have arrived in Cuba: – Rocket Forces – contingentsContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 13”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 8
8 September 1962 / Instructions from Malinovskiy and Zakharov to the Commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Cuba Top Secret Especially Urgent Eyes Only to the Commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Cuba The temporary location of Soviet Armed Forces on Cuban territory is necessary for the provision ofContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 8”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 6
24 May 1962 – Report from Malinovskiy and Zakharov to the TsK KPSS on the disposition of a Soviet Group of Forces in Cuba Especially Urgent To the Chairman of the Security Council Comrade N. S. Khrushchev In accordance with your instructions, the Ministry of Defense proposes: 1. On the island of Cuba,Continue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 6”
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